Tag: Cloves

  • Pears In Red Wine Syrup

    Pears In Red Wine Syrup

          The importance of pears I was at the greengrocer (does anyone still actually use that word?) the other day and found some pears that I’ve only ever seen in Italian restaurants: small brownish-green pears called the Martin Sec, which are a very old variety of pear. Apparently the pears were first mentioned in…

  • Stewed Red Cabbage and Apples

    Stewed Red Cabbage and Apples

        Enjoying the food in Munich, Germany Recently, we were lucky to be able to visit the beautiful city of Munich, Germany and took in a visit to Legoland. The Munich part was for the adults in the family and the Legoland part was to convince the younger members of the family to wander…